Production
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where
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Benin [kingdom]
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Relief plaque
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- Ethnologisches Museum Show original at data provider
Cataloguing data
- Object type
- Relief plaque
- Dimensions
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Height: 25 cm
Depth: 1,8 cm
Width: 18 cm - Material/Technique
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Brass
- Current location
- Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Inventory number
- III C 10881
Provenance and sources
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Production
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Production
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when
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16th century
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where
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NigeriaBenin
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Collecting
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Change of legal title:
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Description
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16th cent, commissioned by Oba Esigie (r. 1517-1550) or his son Oba Orhogbua (r. 1550-1570), royal palace, Benin City; by inheritance to Oba Ovonramwen (ca. 1857-1914; r. 1888-97), Royal Palace, Benin City; looted in connection with the British conquest of Benin, 1897; owner between 1897 and 1899 currently unknown; purchased by Hans Meyer at Stevens' Auction Rooms Ltd (J.C. Stevens) ca. 1899; loaned by Meyer to the Royal Museum of Ethnology in Berlin; acquired by Hans Meyer, ca. 1900.
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Assignment to a curated holding:
Africa
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- CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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